[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Abington 4-13-1961 by Ord. No. 1025. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
FOOTPATH
PERSON OR PERSONS
PUBLIC PLACE
SIDEWALK AREA
SIDEWALK PAVEMENT
Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases
as used in this chapter shall have the meanings given herein:
The Board of Township Commissioners, Department of Public
Works, Department of Public Safety, the Township Manager-Secretary,
Chief of Police, Township Engineer or their authorized representative.
That part of the sidewalk area that is used by the public
but in which there is no sidewalk pavement whatsoever.
Any person or persons, male or female, corporation, partnership,
association, company, individual, owner, occupant, lessee, tenant
or any organization.
Any street, road, highway, avenue, lane, place, way, alley,
footpath, sidewalk or park within the limits of the township.
The area between the curbline and the side of the right-of-way
in any public place.
That part of the sidewalk area that is paved.
B.
Usage. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include
the singular, and words used in the present tense include the future.
The word "shall" is always mandatory.
It shall be the duty of the owner, or if the
owner is not in residence, the occupant, lessee, tenant or person
having charge of any building, building lot, piece of ground or parcel
of real estate in the Township of Abington abutting upon any public
place, to remove or cause to be removed all snow and ice from the
sidewalk pavement or established footpaths in front of or adjacent
to such premises to a width of not less than three feet within 24
hours after such snow or ice shall have fallen or accumulated thereon.
A.
Snow or ice removed from sidewalk areas shall be placed
on the person's property.
B.
If there shall be an excessive amount of snow or ice
and there is no longer any place on the person's property to shovel
the snow, then it may be placed along the curbline but not in the
street.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw or put
or cause to be thrown or put any snow or ice into any public place
in the township while clearing driveway approaches, unless the same
shall be broken up and spread evenly over the surface of such public
place.
D.
At corner properties, snow shall be cleared to enable
pedestrians to cross the intersection.
E.
Should the snow and ice on the sidewalk pavement or footpath be frozen so hard that it cannot be removed without injury to the pavement or damaging the base of the footpath, the person having charge of the snow and ice removal may, within the time specified in § 137-2, cause the sidewalk abutting or adjacent to such premises to be strewn and to be kept strewn with ashes, sand, sawdust or some similar suitable material, and shall, as soon thereafter as the weather shall permit, thoroughly clean such sidewalks.
F.
Fire hydrants shall not be covered.
[Amended 12-12-1996 by Ord. No. 1778; 2-9-2017 by Ord. No. 2135]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter
or who shall fail to comply with the conditions or requirements in
accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof, be liable to pay a fine of up to $1,000 per offense. The
amount of the fines set forth herein may be reset from time to time
by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. A new and separate offense
shall be deemed to have been committed for each day that said violation
exists. All fines imposed by this chapter are recoverable by summary
proceedings before any District Justice in the Township of Abington,
and, upon recovery thereof, all such fines shall be paid into the
treasury of the Township. In default of the payment of any fine imposed
by any District Justice under the provisions of this chapter, the
person so offending may be committed to the jail for a period of one
day.
